Male-biased sex ratios in laboratory rearings of gypsy moth parasitoids

Roger W. Fuester; Kenneth S. Swan; Philip B. Taylor; Keith R. Hopper; Paul Ode

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Male-biased sex ratios in laboratory rearings of gypsy moth parasitoids

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Authors:

Roger W. Fuester, Kenneth S. Swan, Philip B. Taylor, Keith R. Hopper, Paul Ode

Year:

2003

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 24-27.

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Abstract

Male-biased sex ratios in laboratory colonies of parasitic wasps used in biological control are harmful because they can prevent the establishment of introduced species or hinder commercial production of species used for augmentative control.

Parent Publication

Economies of Scale and Forest Management in Mississippi

Citation

Fuester, Roger W.; Swan, Kenneth S.; Taylor, Philip B.; Hopper, Keith R.; Ode, Paul. 2003. Male-biased sex ratios in laboratory rearings of gypsy moth parasitoids. In: Fosbroke, Sandra L.C.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2002; 2002 January 15-18; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-300. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 24-27.